To Kindle or Not to Kindle
I downloaded the information from Amazon about self-Kindling (that sounds a little dirty, doesn’t it?). My books will have to be scanned in or re-edited, which is work, but otherwise everything sounds do-able. And yet, I hesitate to pull the trigger on this enterprise, despite how much like easy money Joe Konrath and Lee Goldberg make it sound. After all, I’ve already done the hard work of writing the books in the first place, and they did well enough for my publisher when they were first released.
I wouldn’t expect Joe or Lee numbers, but I still get a few requests a month asking where copies of these books can be found. It would be nice to say they could be purchased on Kindle (especially now that Amazon has released a Kindle app for PCs…which my dh got, pronto. He used the app to download a free book to check how it worked on his new touch PC running Windows 7. Approximately 32 minutes later, he bought his first Kindle book.
What’s holding me back? First, these are my historical romance novels, and I’m now a committed YA writer (or is that should-be-committed YA writer?). Second, if I don’t scan in the print version of the books, I’ll have to edit my files to incorporate the copyedits that aren’t included there. The third obstacle, however, is the biggie: I wrote these books between eleven and eight years ago. If I have to edit them at all (scanners aren’t perfect), I will want to revise them, and not just lightly. I’ve learned a lot about writing in the last eight years (and hope to continue learning until my cold fingers are pried off the keyboard).
So I waver, while the rest of the world Kindles.
I think I’ll defer my decision until my revisions are done, and I’m finished NaNo. Maybe I’ll talk about it with the family over the holidays (I have two techie sisters and one accountant sister, they will all have insight into the bottom line). Surely, with an excess of turkey, cranberries and good wine I can make a decision? Let’s hope.
Kelly
